Litigation
- For major investment bank, won full defense verdict following two-month jury trial in which the plaintiff, a highly-paid Senior Vice-President and institutional salesperson, alleged her termination was discriminatory
- Won full defense verdict for satellite manufacturer following two-week jury trial in which the plaintiff, a Chinese-American senior manager, alleged he was discriminated against on the basis of his age and race when he was terminated
- For major defense contractor, obtained judgment of non-suit after two weeks of trial in suit brought by five former employees who alleged they were wrongfully terminated for time-card fraud and defamed by their former employer
- Won verdict of over $3 million for executive on claims for breach of employment contract and quantum meruit
- Won arbitration (including award of 100% of the client’s costs and attorneys’ fees) on behalf of motion picture post-production company in dispute with former officer over his membership interest in company
- For commercial security company and its CEO, successfully tried six-week jury trial in case alleging wrongful retaliatory termination, fraud, and breach of contract
- For executive management company, won defense verdict following trial of indemnity claims by former employee
- Obtained injunction and judgment in trade-secret/computer-espionage case for major retail brokerage
- For major public storage company, obtained order dismissing with prejudice multi-million-dollar shareholder derivative action, and obtained 9th Circuit affirmance of order
- For major real estate-investment company, obtained full dismissal of action filed by residential owners association concerning large mixed commercial/residential property
- Obtained summary judgment for multinational technology and consulting corporation in numerous discrimination, retaliation, harassment and fraud suits
- Obtained summary judgment for major health-care provider in retaliation case in which plaintiff, a physician, alleged she was terminated in retaliation for voicing concerns regarding billing practices she claimed violated California workers’ compensation law
- Successfully defended hedge fund against claims it violated the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”) in its treatment of a highly paid manager who had served in Iraq
- For commercial security company and its CEO, successfully tried six-week jury trial in case alleging wrongful retaliatory termination, fraud, and breach of contract
- For trustee of ESOP for major commercial security company, obtained summary judgment on claim for breach of fiduciary duty
- Represented multi-national technology company in trade secret, unfair competition litigation
- Represented residential solar company against trade-secret/employee-raiding claims by principal competitor
- Represented internet technology company and its CEO defending against claims of fraud and breach of contract related to client’s purchase of technology company
- Represented venture capitalist in lawsuit alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress
- Represented officers and directors of major technology companies in federal and state shareholder derivative actions in Delaware and California and securities fraud class actions concerning alleged stock option-backdating practices
- Represented major technology company in SEC investigation concerning alleged stock option-backdating practices
- Represented mobile telecom company in litigation alleging breach of licensing contract
- Represented residential satellite company in claim for breach of promissory note
- Represented major real estate developer in lender-liability litigation involving loan of over $100 million
- Represented large retailer in multi-million-dollar unfair competition/false advertising action brought by the State of California
- Obtained numerous appellate victories in the Ninth Circuit and California’s Courts of Appeal
Employment
- For major investment bank, won full defense verdict following two-month jury trial in which the plaintiff, a highly-paid Senior Vice-President and institutional salesperson, alleged her termination was discriminatory
- Won full defense verdict for satellite manufacturer following two-week jury trial in which the plaintiff, a Chinese-American senior manager, alleged he was discriminated against on the basis of his age and race when he was terminated
- For major defense contractor, obtained judgment of non-suit after two weeks of trial in suit brought by five former employees who alleged they were wrongfully terminated for time-card fraud and defamed by their former employer
- For commercial security company and its CEO, successfully tried six-week jury trial in case alleging wrongful retaliatory termination, fraud, and breach of contract
- Won verdict of over $3 million for executive on claims for breach of employment contract and quantum meruit
- For executive management company, won defense verdict following trial of indemnity claims by former employee
- Obtained summary judgment for multinational technology and consulting corporation in numerous discrimination, retaliation, harassment and fraud suits
- Obtained summary judgment for major health-care provider in retaliation case in which plaintiff, a physician, alleged she was terminated in retaliation for voicing concerns regarding billing practices she claimed violated California workers’ compensation law
- Successfully defended hedge fund against claims it violated the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”) in its treatment of a highly paid manager who had served in Iraq
- Represented former CEO of international information technology outsourcing company in claims by and against former employer
- Represented multi-national financial services company in several FINRA arbitration proceedings filed by former employees
- Represented medical practice in breach-of-contract litigation by former physician partner
- Represented corporate executives in separation negotiations
- Represented high-profile entertainment executive in extricating him from employment agreement and transitioning to new company
- Represented founder of high-tech start-up in litigation against former employer and investors concerning his ouster from company
- Represented law firm in wage-and-hour litigation
- Represented chain of restaurants in wage-and-hour litigation
- Served as independent investigator in multiple discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wage-and-hour investigations
- Conducted company-wide audits of multiple Fortune 500 companies regarding internal wage-and-hour compliance and classification of exempt employees